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“A vast army of government employees [Central, state and local government] of around 20 million are taken care by the remaining 380 million of the workforce, which also meets the extortionate and rent-seeking demands of the government employees.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, India Uninc.

“Though domestic black money is an expression of no-confidence in the government of India, some part of the domestic black money is used in productive activities like real estate, trade, construction, mining, transport, restaurants and other businesses. As previously stated, illicit money kept abroad is a no-confidence vote in India itself—its stability and its people. The illicit money kept in tax havens abroad is, by and large, not used for domestic purposes unless it is round-tripped through share markets or foreign direct investment (FDI) to domestic operations.”
― Prof. R. Vaidyanathan, A Brief Introduction to Black Money

“The crisis faced by the West is primarily due to forgetting a six letter word called ‘savingâ€� which is a result of forgetting another six letter word called ‘familyâ€�.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, India Uninc.

“Instead of wasting his time in Frankfurt and Tokyo, the finance minster should focus on Indian housewives and help them balance their budgets by reducing inflation and the fiscal deficit. Unfortunately, our housewives do not have access to the Nashik note printing press like our FM. The solution to India’s problems lie inside, not in wooing FII and FDI inflows.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, India Uninc.

“The shopkeeper is very efficient, has an efficient home delivery system and knows the tastes and price considerations of his customers. But he is labelled ‘unorganizedâ€� by our experts and national income data and his contribution thereby diminished. The footfalls in his shop cannot be measured using Western models [since there is no place to keep anybody’s foot inside his shop!] and so he is derided and abused. It is like clubbing housewives along with prostitutes in our Census data to show them that they are involved in ‘unproductiveâ€� activities. These are economic constructs imposed by the west on the rest and it is a form of terminological terrorism which is mouthed ad-nauseam by our economists and policy planners without understanding their implications.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, India Uninc.

“Hence one way to overcome it is to have reservations since the Euro-centric model suggests that. If you decide to carry the cross or burden which others impose, then you begin to impose the solution provided by them. In a sense, the debate does not distinguish between caste discrimination and caste as a social capital. The cry to abolish caste is to homogenise Indian society which has been attempted by many reformers but has not been successful.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, Caste as Social Capital

“Share of Shudras in Schools Percentage Tamil-speaking areas 70-80 per cent Oriya-speaking areas 62 per cent Malayalam-speaking areas 54 per cent Telugu-speaking areas 35-50 per cent Share of Brahmins in Tamil-speaking Areas South Arcot 13 per cent Madras 23 per cent”
― R. Vaidyanathan, Caste as Social Capital

“In many parts of India, chit funds address gaps left by the traditional banking sector.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, India Uninc.

“More than employment, the ownership of businesses is important for the SC, ST and OBC communities.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, Caste as Social Capital

“India is neither doing anything within India to expose and prosecute the corrupt and the offenders nor taking legal steps outside India to recover the wealth of India stashed away abroad.”
― R. Vaidyanathan, Black Money and Tax Havens